Excellent Showings in Round 1 Doubles at Wimbledon 2014

Date

26 June 2014

Day three of Wimbledon 2014 was host to impressive showings in doubles as men’s and women’s tournaments got underway.

Lleyton Hewitt (VCORE Tour 97, YONEX Shoes) paired with fellow Australian Chris Guccione against Alejandro Falla/Marinko Matosevic. The match got started with a heated opening set, the two pairs competing neck and neck, taking the match down to a tie breaker. However, set 2 and onwards saw Lleyton and his partner take the upper hand. Overall, Lleyton and Chris managed to create more chances to break than their opponents, converting five times, as well as getting 52 of 67 first serve points. The match ended with a score of 7-6(5) 6-3 6-3.

Women’s doubles brought about a match between two YONEX players, with Kimiko Date-Krumm (S-FIT, POLYTOUR SPIN)/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova facing Donna Vekic (VCORE Xi 100)/Sharon Fichman. This time veteran Krumm and her partner came out victorious, snagging 31 of 37 first serve points, and breaking four times. The final score was 6-1 6-2.

Belinda Bencic (EZONE Ai 100, POLYTOUR HS 125), off of her fine singles performance, also demonstrated great form in doubles, earning a victory with partner Tsvetana Pironkova. They had no issues handling their opponents, Kaia Kanepi/Anna Tatishvili. Belinda and her partner boasted five out of eight converted break points over their opponents’ two of seven, the two ending the match with a healthy lead over their opponents at 6-2 6-4.

Tennis Clinic at The Wimbledon Club

As reported on earlier, YONEX held a tennis clinic at The Wimbledon Club, with Lleyton, Belinda and Donna in attendance, and a video with some of the best moments from the clinic has been uploaded to YouTube. At the clinic, players practiced with children and took questions. Take a look!